Northeastern is on a four-game streak of home wins, while Lapel is on a five-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Northeastern Knights will host the Lapel Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Last Friday, Northeastern was able to grind out a solid win over Hagerstown, taking the game 33-22. The Knights pushed the score to 27-6 by the end of the third, a deficit the Tigers cut but never quite recovered from.
Northeastern's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Blake Waters, who rushed for 115 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries. That's the most rushing yards Waters has posted since back in August.
Northeastern wouldn't let Hagerstown keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Colton Creech was the leader in that area as all came courtesy of his dominant performance. Kale Hansen was another major factor on D, picking up two sacks, making ten total tackles (3.0 for loss), and defending two passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Northeastern was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 232 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 220 rushing yards in three consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Lapel on Friday. They took down Eastern Hancock 35-18.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Devin Craig and Elijah Edon. Craig had a great game and rushed for 52 yards and a touchdown on only five carries. Meanwhile, Edon was balling out in the loss, throwing for 245 yards and two touchdowns, while also punching in a touchdown on the ground.
Northeastern's victory bumped their record up to 9-0. As for Lapel, their win bumped their record up to 6-3.
Northeastern couldn't quite finish off Lapel when the teams last played back in October of 2018 and fell 11-8. Thankfully for Northeastern, Cole Jax Alexander (who rushed for 63 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 167 yards on 13 of 29 attempts) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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